Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Mission Organization: The Makeup Edition

Elle put down the makeup challenge during Clinique Bonus Week which isn't really fair.... Now.... I've been meaning to pick up a Clinique mascara for months and it was in the bonus so, logically, I dropped $42.50 on some fabulous moisturizer with sunscreen (spf 25) to get the bonus. I know, that's called Homestead Logic. You should be here when we do Homestead Math. Anyway.... I was going for sunscreen but the sunscreen they have isn't a moisturizer.... like I'm going to do two steps. And the tinted one did not match my neon red face. So the sales lady nixed that option. (Note: Wasn't it nice of her to tell me?)

So here it is on the window ledge. Two bags, a great lipgloss/lipstick thing, a compact with blush and two eyeshadows, a mascara, a moisturizer and a makeup remover. You can also see the toothpaste (with fabulous binder clip) and the fact that I use a tiny glass jar (in the tin bucket) to corral things... yes, it is from some delicious cheese paste. I confess to also using these jars for kid drinking glasses and a vase for daisies.

Then we move on to the makeup drawer. I once swore by Aveda tinted moisturizer in sweet tea and I still like it but I moved on to some Sonia Kashuk stuff at Target for a while. Then I had some serious work stuff that required the full face so I switched back to Bare Escentuals for work and tinted sunscreen for weekends. I love sunscreen. So that's my bare escentuals stuff in the tin on the bottom. (It's a tin from a set of notecards but I like it.) In the back there is the tinted moisturizer, some regular moisturizer, some nighttime moisturizer I'm using up and Boots Intense Serum which I like to think is keeping me young. On the side is my noxema face scrubber (which I actual use mostly to make my sinuses feel good), the tooth pick thingy, pit stick, face wash and... hey.... why are there two pit sticks in there? Huh. I should use one up. I'm still in search of the perfect organizers for this drawer.... the orange thing is part of a candy box from the most delicious candy in the world. I love to repurpose and I love Le Chatelaine. But I need more little organizers in this drawer.

I confess to also having an old Sonia Kashuk "palette for brown eyes" kit that I stash at work.... it has a bit of cover up, some brown eyeshadow/liner, blush & an eyebrow pencil (and it once had lip gloss)... it works on those days I go into the office thinking I have no meetings and discover a lunch date on my calendar. Target doesn't seem to carry it anymore but they have this which is sort of the same idea.

Oh... here's the Clinique compact. I got pink. And see that cute boy in the mirror. He's wondering why I'm taking pictures of my makeup at 6:45 in the morning.

There you have it. What shall we tackle next? Is it finally far enough into spring to tackle the inside of my coat closet? Or should I aim for some other point of denial? Or should we have two weeks of easy and take a look inside the daycare bag?